the beginning of the end.

[bigpaul]

yeah TH, it IS mostly sheep around here, after the "foot and mouth" in 2001 when most of the cattle herds were destroyed most farms seem to have gone over to sheep with just a few cattle. the ground is very poor, what they call "culm measures" and also very hilly too.

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Steve, its solid ball clay(and I do mean SOLID), very little soil, our garden has no top soil, we had to build raised bed and import soil and organic matter to fill them, we'll be getting some more "organic matter" to refill them in the spring, the clay dosent allow the rain to drain away, the water just sits on the top and stays there. on the plus side maybe post SHTF we can do a side line in pot making and bricks!!